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Living Islam invites readers to appreciate ways in which Muslims from diverse backgrounds and traditions interpret and experience their faith. Adopting a cultural studies approach, Ali Asani begins by posing questions such as 'Which Islam?' and...

The present research includes two parts: first, a descriptive bibliography of primary works by Mufīd (i.e., written by Mufīd himself, dictated by him, or selected from his works); and second, a bibliography of contemporary secondary literature on Mufīd and his works....

An indispensable resource for scholars of Islamic history, philosophy, and science, this book opens a unique window into the mind of a true Renaissance man of the Islamic world, whose legacy continues to inspire centuries later...

The problem of determinism is one of the complicated philosophical and theological issues that various answers have been offered by the thinkers for its resolution. One of the exact and from one perspective exclusive answers belongs to...

This Book is Concerning the Jurisprudence (Fiqh) of Imam of the Sunna, Ahmad ibn Hanbal ash-Shaibani (may Allah be well pleased with him)  by Shaikh al-Islam Imam al-Muwaffaq ibn Qudama (A.H. 541-620) was one of the luminaries of his day and age....

This book is about the man who is chosen to usher in this promise of justice and virtue – our Twelfth Immaculate Leader, the Awaited Savior – the Mahdi...

In Visions of Sharīʿa Bhojani, De Rooij and Bohlander present the first broad examination of ways in which legal theory ( uṣūl al-fiqh) within Twelver Shīʿī thought continues to be a forum for vibrant debates regarding the assumptions, epistemology and hermeneutics of...

Due to the significant status of women in society in all their roles in life (daughters, sisters, wives or mothers), and due to their role as a key factor of running the wheel of the future of society and nations, we might not exaggerate if we say that the family is ruled by the lady...

Book: Foundations of Jurisprudence - An Introduction to Imāmī Shīʿī Legal Theory published by Brill

This volume contains editions and commentaries of hitherto un-edited manuscripts from the various strands of the Shiʿite tradition of Islamic thought (Zaydi, Ismaʿili and...